Before Saturday, Minnesota had won 21 of 24 games at Mariucci Arena against Big Ten opponents.
Following Saturday's 5-3 win, No. 16 Penn State joined Michigan State as the only two Big Ten teams to defeat the Golden Gophers at home since the Big Ten conference was established in 2013-14.
With a little less than four minutes left in the third period, freshman Chase Berger won a faceoff to the right of Gophers’ (14-13-0-0, 9-3-0-0) goaltender Eric Shoehorn.
The puck slid back to Zach Saar, who’s initial shot was blocked by a sliding Gopher defenseman.